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The Issue

Big foreign record labels want more money. So they’re asking Washington to force radio stations to give it to them by creating a new performance fee—even though the radio industry already pays hundreds of millions every year in royalties.

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Ninety percent of Americans listen to radio weekly. Radio creates music fans. Fans who purchase albums, attend concerts and buy merchandise—the profits of which go to the labels.

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To a larger extent, radio is the soundtrack of our lives. We get an invaluable source of news, traffic, weather and, of course, unforgettable moments underscored by amazing music.

The labels are desperately looking to compensate for the record industry’s inability to adapt to the growing number of streaming services. All of a sudden, the labels think this system—which has helped produce the most successful music industry in the world—is broken.  It is not!  Help keep radio free to play and promote musicians new and old, along with news, community info and more.

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